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A machinist in Iowa suspected of sending unarmed pipe bombs and threatening letters to financial services companies in the Midwest was arrested Wednesday morning by federal authorities.

Officials in the San Diego area are praising legislation designed to ease congestion at the Otay Mesa border crossing.

A new report from the Department of Education says that most education software does not boost test scores. But districts that have spent large amounts of money are not ready to give up on it.

What's the outlook for the local construction industry in 2011? We review the key issues for the new year, and discuss which segments of the local construction industry might experience an uptick.

Logging has begun on the largest area of roadless forest in the state of Oregon, and the state's government is fuming. When the Bush administration reversed the ban on building new roads, it agreed to let the states decide which areas should remain protected.

The Sweetwater Union High School District landed federal funding to provide extra academic support for its homeless students. The district is one of three in San Diego County getting federal help. KPB

Attorneys representing three San Diego County school districts say they have the evidence to prove California is violating the federal No Child Left Behind Act. At issues is how non-native English spe

Consumers don't need any declaration or stamp of approval from economists to know when the economy has soured. They can feel it. This fall, a swirl of negative factors has shattered consumer confidence. And most economists agree that we're in a recession.

A former border inspector was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for guiding hundreds of illegal immigrants through his checkpoint booth in exchange for taking at least $70,000 from a

The perjury trial of former White House aide Lewis Libby gets under way in Washington this week. For the first time in a federal court, the press room will have seats for bloggers; two places will go to members of the Media Bloggers Association.